` The cookery equivalent of a one-stop shop; real-life dishes from each country recreated in recipes of unfailing quality`
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` The cookery equivalent of a one-stop shop; real-life dishes from each country recreated in recipes of unfailing quality`
- delicious.
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This is the complete reference guide to bike servicing & repair, & an essential hardback bible for every cyclist`s bookshelf. Incredible CGI illustrations show you every aspect of bike repair & maintenance more clearly than ever before, whether you`re a mountain biker, cycling commuter, or road racer. All major types of bicycle from the leading brands are covered, with bike care advice to take you from symptom to solution. The Complete Bike Owner`s Manual takes away the need for expensive expert advice, showing you how to service & maintain every aspect of your bicycle. Learn how to replace or repair a chain, correct sagging suspension, fit brake cables, service a handlebar, & much more, with incredible up-close detail helping you to get your wheels turning again. ...

For the first time, Bill Marsh`s terrific collection of outback yarns centred on the Royal Flying Doctor Service are available in one bumper volume. The Royal Flying Doctor Service is a unique icon of Australian culture. Since its beginnings with the Reverend John Flynn in 1928, the RFDS has helped build our nation. The Flying Doctors, & the remote stations & communities that they serve, have become enduring symbols of what it means to be Australian. The Complete Book of Australian Flying Doctor Stories is a fascinating, moving & often hilarious collection of true stories about the life in the Australian Outback. Hear of those whose very lives depend on the Royal Flying Doctor Service, like the man suffering from extreme burns who rode his motorbike eighteen kilometres back across his property to get help while opening & closing every gate along the way because you `always leave gates as you find them`. Out here, stoicism & a sense of humour go hand in h&, as in the case of the stockman with a compound leg fracture who, when asked by the Flying Doctor if it hurt, replied, ` Oh, it itches a bit.` Through fog, lightning, thunder, flooding rains & dust storms, the Flying Doctor braves the elements to get to the remote outback landing strips where they`re needed & the tales they live to tell will have you shaking your head in amazement. ...

The Tour de France is the gretest public sporting spectacle on earth. For 100 editions
- every year since 1903, except during
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A complete collection of the classic Borrowers stories by Mary Norton. The Borrowers: The Borrowers own nothing at all; they live in the secret places of quiet old houses
- behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. Everything they have is borrowed from the `human beans`, who don`t even know they exist. Arrietty`s father, Pod, is an expert Borrower
- he can scale curtains using a hatpin & bring back a doll`s teacup without breaking it. Girls aren`t supposed to go borrowing but as Arrietty is an only child her father breaks the rule. But then Arrietty makes friends with a boy
- a `human bean`
- & from that moment danger is never far away for, above all else, they must avoid the great disaster of `being seen`. The Borrowers Afield: The Pod family escape to the fields where their cousins live, but it`s a long & dangerous journey. At last they find a new home & adapt to country life. The Borrowers Afloat: Homeless again, Arrietty looks forward to a life away from the dark country cottage, to one full of sunshine. The Borrowers Aloft: The family are now living in the model village of Little Fordham
- a complete village tailored to their size. All they have to do is avoid being seen by the visitors, but one night the owner of a rival village comes with a cardboard box ready to catch them... The Borrowers Avenged: Pod, Homily & Arrietty have managed to escape with the help of Spiller. They move into the old rectory where they live happily until the Potters come looking for them. After a horrifying encounter in the church, the Potters get their just desserts & the Borrowers can live peacefully once & for all. Poor Stainless: Young Stainless, a Borrower boy, goes missing on a mission to borrow some parsley & an enormous search ensues. Mary Norton was born in 1903 & brought up in a house in Bedfordshire, which was to become the setting for The Borrowers. First published in 1952, The Borrowers was an imediate success, winning the Library Association`s Carnegie Medal. There followed four more Borrowers books: The Borrowers Afield (1955), The Borrowers Afloat (1959), The Borrowers Aloft (1961) & The Borrowers Avenged (1982). Poor Stainless was the last Borrowers story Mary Norton wrote. She died in 1992.




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The mice of Brambly Hedge have been delighting adults & children alike for more than thirty years. All eight of the classic picture books are brought together in this exquisite volume. The mice of Brambly Hedge made their first appearance in 1980 when the four seasonal stories were published. Ever since, readers have loved exploring the miniature world of the hedgerow & meeting the families that live there. In this collection the mice have many adventures, but they always have time for fun & relaxation too. Whatever the season, & whether they are by the sea, in the High Hills, or simply at home by the fire, there is always someone ready to lend a helping h&. Contains: Spring Story, Summer Story, Autumn Story, Winter Story, Poppy`s Babies, Sea Story, The High Hills, The Secret ...

Ancient Egyptian cities & towns have until recently been one of the least- studied & least-published aspects of this great ancient civilization. Now new research & excavation are transforming our knowledge. The Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt is the first book to bring these latest discoveries to a wide general & scholarly audience, & to provide a comprehensive overview of what we know about ancient settlement during the dynastic period. Divided in two halves, the book opens with an account of the development of urban settlement in Egypt, describing the pattern of urban life, from food production, government, crime & health to schooling, leisure, ancient tourism, & the interaction of the living community with the dead. The second half of the book takes the reader on a trip down the Nile from Aswan to the Delta, giving a comprehensive account of all cities & towns with details for each of their discovery, excavation & important finds, supported by maps & plans as well as recent photographs. This book is sure to appeal to all those concerned with urban design & history, as well as tourists, students & Egyptophiles. ...

Combining the data from 18 of the most advanced Earth satellites ever built, NASA has constructed the most detailed global portrait of our planet ever created. The Complete Earth reproduces this photomap in its entirety & at full-resolution, living up to its title by revealing the whole planet, cloud-free, at a resolution of 500m to every pixel, or 90 miles to every inch. At this scale we can we can trace the Amazon from Andean headwaters to Atlantic mouth, or explore the trackless sand seas of the Sahara, or follow the corrugated ridges of hills & mountains that mark the frontline of India's tectonic assault on Eurasia as if we were in low-Earth orbit. These images are supplemented by a wealth of even higher resolution satellite imagery that zooms in on noteworthy features
- from volcanoes to cities, river deltas to glaciers. In addition, 12 double-page-spreads chart one year in the life of our planet as they follow the ebb & flow of the seasons across the globe: we watch snow fall in the North as it melts in the South, & desert lands bloom & fade as the rains come & go. Accompanying the images, a brief but informative text explores the history of each landscape, explaining the how & when of its mountain ranges, deserts & plains.
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JACK ZIPES Wolves & grandmothers, ugly sisters, a house made from bread, a goose made from gold...the folk tales collected by the Grimm brothers created an astonishingly influential imaginative world. However, this is also a world where a woman serves her stepson up in a stew, a man marries a snake, a princess sleeps with a frog, & an evil queen dances to death in a pair of burning shoes. Violent, funny, disturbing, wise & sometimes beautiful, these stories have intrigued children, adults, scholars, psychologists & artists for centuries. The only complete edition available of the most famous collection of fairy tales ever published, this collection features the 279 stories in an acclaimed, modern, unexpurgated translation. ...